GP surgeries will have to consider making staff redundant if the rise in employer national insurance contributions announced in the Budget is not covered, while some care homes could be
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The Chancellor has promised a “crackdown” on fraud in the welfare system but the Government’s plan to carry on with benefit reforms previously announced by the Conservatives to save £3
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A total of 90 asylum-seeking children who went missing from Home Office-run hostels have still not been found, a minister has told Parliament. The update was given by Lord Hanson
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A simple test that checks the levels of a certain protein in the blood could “reliably rule out” Alzheimer’s in those being investigated for the disease, according to its developers.
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A rise in the number of people sleeping rough in London by almost a fifth on the same period last year has been described as “shameful”. A total of 4,780
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Sara Sharif’s stepmother blamed the 10-year-old’s naughty behaviour for the beatings she received, even suggesting she had a “jinn in her”, a court has heard. Beinash Batool, 30, Sara’s father
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Hundreds of asylum seekers have been removed from an accommodation barge moored off the Dorset coast ahead of decisions about their future in the UK. Migrants are being transferred from
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A former deputy headteacher at a boarding school has been banned indefinitely from teaching after he was found with indecent images of children. Andrew Morris was suspended from his senior
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The first UK case of a potentially deadly strain of the mpox virus has been detected in London. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the risk to the UK
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Rachel Reeves announced £40 billion a year in extra taxes as she increased Government borrowing and spending to “rebuild Britain”. The Chancellor’s plans will see the tax burden reach an
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